Chapter 144: His Name is Chen Qiu, and He Recently Traveled Through Time (Part 2)

Chapter 144: His Name is Chen Qiu, and He Recently Traveled Through Time (Part 2)

He left all of this, including the countless Virtue Points that the Twelfth Stage Golden Core would bring and the unique entry "Core Expansion," which was highly suitable for Spell Cultivators, for his ninth life.

At the Sixth Stage Golden Core Realm, he chose to give up because he knew he was on the wrong path. Even if he improved his cultivation to the Golden Core Peak Perfection, he still couldn't break free from this cage. Time was running out, so he left enough time for his ninth life.

The ninth life.

Starting over from scratch.

Only the strongest Spell Cultivator and a sufficiently powerful Sword Cultivator could break free from the Great Xia's cage.

His name was Chen Qiu, and not long ago, he had transmigrated.

This was his ninth life.

However, in this life, he didn't go to chop firewood.

Upon waking up, he found numerous documents left by his past lives, and with this information, he learned about the events of his previous eight lives. In this life, his initial entry was "Nonsense."

By deceiving others, he could gain cultivation progress. He didn't find an entry suitable for a Spell Cultivator.

In this life, he became the National Teacher.

A hundred years passed.

He once tried to set up Heaven's Great Array in the Great Xia, using official paths as channels, citizens' faith as a guide, and national fortune as the foundation to exterminate those Nascent Soul Puppets, but it ended in failure.

Time was running out, and he didn't have enough time to try again.

He placed all his hopes on his tenth life.

He found the jade slip containing the "Multi-Colored Entries, Rising Higher and Higher," and if he crushed it at the moment of death, the initial entry of his next life would definitely be "Rising Higher and Higher."

He began to slowly pave the way for his tenth and final life.

Using the "Mock Heaven Sect Ruins" he found in his sixth life and the "Substitute Heavenly Path" entry, he created a Heavenly Dao secret realm and set it near the Wantian Market.

Time was running short.

He set the opening time to thirty days after his tenth life awakened because he knew that, unless something unexpected happened, his tenth life would have to chop firewood for 29 days. He was aware of the time pressure, but time was running out.

This time, he didn't plan to leave behind a large number of documents like in his eighth life to inform his future self about past lives, as he realized that doing so might affect his mindset and lead to wrong decisions.

He believed that his tenth life could pass the final test, claim the position of the Sect Leader of the Mock Heaven Sect, and conquer this small world.

Furthermore, he once again utilized the "Substitute Heavenly Path" entry to set up a "Kill" type Heavenly Dao secret realm in Fufeng City, which would activate thirty days after his tenth life awakened. He knew that with his personality, he would definitely enter a Heavenly Dao secret realm.

He bet on his ability to survive.

And he would use it as his first fortune.

To ensure that his tenth life wouldn't encounter any unexpected situations and could smoothly embark on the path to greatness in Fufeng City, instead of being captured and sold into slavery in the Hundred Kingdoms like in his eighth life, during his ninth life as the National Teacher, he eradicated all human trafficking organizations.

And he ruthlessly suppressed the Hundred Kingdoms, especially those near Fufeng City.

This kept the petty kingdoms and the Northern Desert Monster Clan from daring to approach Daxia's Xu Province.

It was all for one purpose.

He only wished for his tenth life to proceed smoothly according to his prearranged path, without any unexpected twists.

He was still missing, still missing, still missing a Sword Cultivator to deliver the final blow to the Nascent Soul Puppet. In his previous life as the ninth-generation National Teacher, he had chosen Bai Yi, a fanatical follower who even named himself after the white-robed man.

A Sword Cultivator prodigy.

And he also had the Bloodline Entry.

Although his foundation was slightly lacking, to become the strongest Sword Cultivator, he needed more than just talent; he needed fate.

He also arranged a fateful encounter for this boy named Bai Yi.

The Sword Cultivator heritage he didn't acquire in his eighth life would be passed down to this boy.

But to inherit the Sword Cultivator heritage, one must experience great ups and downs.

He planted a mental anchor in the heart of Tian Dao's first beauty, Ji Jianian, causing her to subconsciously believe that the person she loved was not Ji Taiping but the one who had silently escorted her all along, except that Ji Jianian mistakenly thought that person was Ji Taiping.

He influenced Bai Yi's mind, causing him to escort Ji Jianian all the way, for otherwise, with the boy's personality, he would never have done such a thing.

And at the last moment, he allowed Bai Yi to realize he had been influenced, thus allowing him to withdraw.

That was enough.

Then he ordered the Zhang family in the capital to hunt down Bai Yi until he was crippled and his cultivation plummeted, driving him to the Wentiangang Market, patiently waiting for his tenth life to descend.

Bai Yi's Bloodline Entry would be a good means for his tenth life to travel, and it would also provide the final blow to shatter the Nascent Soul Puppet.

As long as Bai Yi obtained the Sword Cultivator heritage.

And after breaking through the Golden Core stage, he would encounter Ji Jianian, an opportunity he had long prepared for Bai Yi, causing Bai Yi's strength to soar, and also smoothly enter the Man and Sword as One realm in the sharpening stone he had prepared for Bai Yi, Ji Taiping.

But it was still not enough.

He prepared five Demon Lotuses for his tenth life, also dug out from the SkyMock Sect's foundation, but they were all young seedlings and had to be placed in a specific environment to grow to maturity.

Four were hidden in the forbidden ground, and one was hidden in a woman's body, a true Demon Clan Saintess.

Tens of thousands of years ago, after the SkyMock Sect imprisoned itself, she was captured and frozen deep within the SkyMock Sect's rear mountain.

He dug her out and altered all her memories.

The Demon Clan Saintess's physique was the best soil for cultivating the Eight-Petaled Demon Lotus.

The prerequisite was.

The prerequisite was that it needed to be slowly brewed in a state of extreme despair, but it couldn't be in constant despair; it needed a glimmer of salvation, or it would self-destruct with the Eight-Petaled Demon Lotus. Once the brewing time was sufficient, when this glimmer of salvation was extinguished, along with the Demoness's fall, the Eight-Petaled Demon Lotus would fully mature.

So he influenced the little girl's mind again and pushed her to become the Flower Offering Sect's Sky Walker.

But at this time, he had no time to find the person who would give the Sky Walker that glimmer of salvation.

He arranged this task for a trusted confidant left in the palace.

He left a secret letter.

If everything went according to plan, then after the "Talents Ranking" ended, the Eight-Petaled Demon Lotus would have brewed to maturity, and at that time, destroying that glimmer of salvation would cause the Eight-Petaled Demon Lotus to mature instantly!

Not enough. Not enough.

"This is truly interesting."

Chen Qiu looked at the fruit core in his hand, savoring the taste of the "Ling Fruit" he had just swallowed, which was quite good, sweet and sour. Under this Ling Fruit, he had recovered all the memories of his previous lives.

In his originally clear pupils, a hint of vicissitude gradually emerged.

He stood up and left the small world, sitting atop the highest peak in the Flat Province, gazing into the distant horizon, plucking a dandelion and chewing on it as he pondered in silence.

A thousand years ago, he had crossed over for the first time.

Reborn nine times, his sole goal was to break free from the Daxia Cage and see the outside world.

He had once been a wandering cultivator pleading for mercy before a Golden Core Cultivator to survive.

He had once worn a white robe, holding a green blade, and fought until no one in the world dared to speak up.

He had once been the National Teacher, sitting in the palace, plotting the fate of the world and setting up the grand plan for ten lifetimes.

These were all him, and the traces he left behind were still recorded in unofficial histories, sometimes even mentioned by storytellers.

After recovering his memories.

He naturally also understood where the opportunities he gained in this life came from, most of which were arranged by him in his ninth life as the National Teacher, and it seemed that his plan at the time hadn't been entirely successful.

Many plans had failed.

For example, the three most important opportunities, "Multi-Colored Entries Ascend," "Heavenward Sect's Small World," and "Core Expansion (Unique)," had all been smoothly obtained, and many subsequent opportunities were based on these three.

But the Lightning Summoning Art, the Self-Destruct Entry, and the Tenfold Spellcasting, which greatly enhanced his combat power, were unexpected gains.

There were also many other surprises.

For example, in his life as the National Teacher, he had left instructions on how to refine the Twelfth Stage Golden Core in the Huang Family's secret chamber in Fufeng City, and he could obtain it as long as he followed the plan to destroy the Huang Family, but at that time, he had no time to deal with the Huang Family.

Instead, he obtained the method to refine from First Stage Golden Core to Tenth Stage Golden Core from Old Man Cao and, by chance, ended up refining the Twelfth Stage Golden Core.

Also, refining the Twelfth Stage Golden Core required nine Second Rank Nascent Immortals.

He had also prepared this for himself in advance.

He specifically selected a group of the weakest Artisan Cultivators in Fat State, supporting them to become Second Rank Golden Core Cultivators. Even as Artisans, their combat strength would be weaker than that of Sword Cultivators and Physical Cultivators, even at the Second Rank Golden Core.

Ning Taiping was the pawn chosen to ignite the chaos in Fat State. This father and son duo were naturally dull-witted, and through their provocations, they would trigger the Artisan Cultivator's rebellion, allowing him to quickly obtain a large number of Second Rank Golden Cores.

This would allow Chen Xiu to attain the Twelfth Stage Golden Core before the Celestial Talent Rankings began.

It was quite obvious.

This Artisan pawn was named Ning Taiping.

The Sword Cultivator pawn in the Capital City was named Ji Taiping.

Both had the name Taiping.

But...

The heavens' calculations were no match for human schemes. For some unknown reason, the Second Rank Golden Core Artisans didn't cause any trouble for Chen Xiu, which meant he didn't acquire the large number of Second Rank Golden Cores in Fat State as he had planned.

Instead, in a "Fateful Mystic Realm" that was never part of his plans, he obtained a large number of Second Rank Golden Cores and even acquired a Multi-Colored Fishing Rod, a Heaven-grade Treasure.

His plan was to support the Qu Family in the Capital City, have them collect Heaven-grade Treasures related to Spell Cultivators, and then retrieve them later.

However, the plan obviously went awry. To put it another way, aside from the initial stages, everything else went completely off course.

For example, the Ancient Forbidden Ground of the SkyMock Sect beneath the Endless Ice Plains, the treasures there had already been taken by his ninth life self. In his ninth life, he had adopted a little pet, the little wolf.

Because he couldn't bear to let the little wolf be buried with him.

He left it there, waiting for his tenth life to retrieve it.

As for the fox oil in the Ancient Forbidden Ground, it was all added by the little wolf at regular intervals. There was nothing special about it; the little wolf was just afraid of the dark.

The reason why the poisonous gases in the Ancient Forbidden Ground had no effect on the little wolf was simply because they were all farts accumulated by the little wolf over the past three years, unable to disperse and gradually forming a poisonous mist.

In his ninth life, he had beaten the little wolf many times because of its farting, which was why the little wolf was so terrified when it saw him, curling up in fear in a corner.

It looked like it knew it had done something wrong and was afraid of being beaten.

The secret chamber behind the wall of the Ancient Ruins was also where he had secluded himself in his ninth life. He had lived there for a period of time, accompanied by the little wolf.

Speaking of which—

The Ancient Ruins of the SkyMock Sect shouldn't have been opened so early. According to the plan, it should have been opened three months later, and then he would have revealed the whole truth to him. But the problem was that he had Liu Zide in Fat State, buying up Malevolent Wood in large quantities.

This caused the Malevolent Spirits beneath Fat State to become increasingly agitated due to the lack of suppression from the Malevolent Wood.

The Ancient Ruins of the SkyMock Sect was a path that led through the countless Malevolent Spirits beneath Fat State, directly to the depths of the underground passage. With the impact of the massive Malevolent Spirits, the opening of the Ancient Ruins of the SkyMock Sect was advanced by three months.

When he planned this scheme, the main idea was that a great turmoil was about to descend upon the world. Before every update of the Heavenly Dao version, countless secret realms and opportunities would appear. With the Multi-Colored Entries Ascend and the Core Expansion, he could seize the greatest fruits from these opportunities.

Many things were unexpected.

For example, the "Three Nascent Souls"!

Thinking of this, Chen Xiu couldn't help but twitch his lips. He had obtained the three Nascent Souls through the Spell Cultivator heritage, the Evil Clan Prodigy through the Evil Cultivator heritage, and the Scholar through the Sword Cultivator heritage.

But in reality—

The path he had laid out for himself was completely different!

There was no issue with the Scholar and himself, but the third Nascent Soul he had arranged for himself was supposed to come from the "Alchemy Cultivator heritage"!!!

He still remembered that the first time he was in Fat City, he encountered the Heavenly Dao Second Beauty.

She was an extremely fat girl, carried around in a sedan chair by eight strong men, parading through the streets with gongs and drums.

At that time, Fat Dragon had even mocked him for taking such a girl home for three years, and she was still a virgin.

After that, he didn't have much contact with this girl.

But in reality, this girl had a role in his planned plot. If he had just probed a little deeper, he would have discovered that this girl had always liked an Alchemy Cultivator. The Alchemy Cultivator had a low cultivation level and was especially timid. Although he admired this fat girl, he never dared to reveal his feelings.

And this girl had always loved the Alchemy Cultivator as well, but due to her figure, she was too insecure to express her feelings.

So, she could only go out on the streets with gongs and drums every day, giving her a reason to secretly glance at her beloved every day.

This Alchemy Cultivator was the Alchemy Cultivator genius he had discovered at that time. With the effect of the Heavenly Dao Second Beauty, he could easily pass through the Alchemy Cultivator heritage!

This was the third Nascent Soul he had prepared for himself.

But...

He didn't even consider this possibility.

Instead, by chance, the Evil Clan Prodigy passed through the Evil Cultivator heritage and sent the third Nascent Soul to him, along with a completely unexpected "Celestial Prodigy Token."

It's all messed up, all messed up, completely messed up!!!

Sitting on the peak, Chen Xiu couldn't help but sigh in resignation. The scheme he had laid out confidently was half wrong, but the result was good.

It was as if he had gotten half the answers wrong on a test, but the final answer was correct.

(End of Chapter)

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